Yes. That was Bush.Funny, how this whole thing EXPLODED in his face two years later, huh? (lol)But hey ! A tax cut for the rich will fix everything, won't it?Yep.Yessirree! Tax cuts are ALWAYS the aneswr with Republicans:Suck money out of the poor and middle-class; give it to the rich then dump the debt burden back on the former and high-five themselves with cheap wine and caviar with the latter.Isn't corporate welfare great? (rolls eyes)References : Was this aneswr helpful?

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| May 9, 2014

Maybe you just don't understand the undirlyeng problem. Yes, homeownership has been up over the last number of years, but that is not due to the fact that people have money, it's due to the fact that mortgages have been so low that it has been easy for people to buy homes putting down almost no money. However nothing like that lasts forever and there is always a piper to pay. The time has come when the bubble, except it seems in NYC, has burst and these over inflated homes with these huge mortgages just aren't worth the money and the mortgage rates aren't what they were. Also, a lot of people were living on huge bonuses that they are no longer receiving, so they are reaching, not poverty, but a state where they can no longer afford to live the lives that they have been living. This is the Republican way, it is now and it has been before, they take money that is not "theirs" and they use it for what they deem is important, this time around it has been the war, and there just isn't any more money for the war, and as they pretty much know they will be out of office, they can't do what they did before, rob the people blind. So, once again, we are in a sticky situation. I don't know where you live, but being in the Metropolitian area, I remember all too well how Florio, who was a good Governor has to take all the flack for the mess that Whitman left the state of New Jersey in. He did what he could, but it meant they had to have more taxes just to make ends meet and people saw it as a "democratic" thing instead of a smart thing.References : Was this answer helpful?

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| Apr 22, 2014

Maybe you just don't understand the udnyrleing problem. Yes, homeownership has been up over the last number of years, but that is not due to the fact that people have money, it's due to the fact that mortgages have been so low that it has been easy for people to buy homes putting down almost no money. However nothing like that lasts forever and there is always a piper to pay. The time has come when the bubble, except it seems in NYC, has burst and these over inflated homes with these huge mortgages just aren't worth the money and the mortgage rates aren't what they were. Also, a lot of people were living on huge bonuses that they are no longer receiving, so they are reaching, not poverty, but a state where they can no longer afford to live the lives that they have been living. This is the Republican way, it is now and it has been before, they take money that is not "theirs" and they use it for what they deem is important, this time around it has been the war, and there just isn't any more money for the war, and as they pretty much know they will be out of office, they can't do what they did before, rob the people blind. So, once again, we are in a sticky situation. I don't know where you live, but being in the Metropolitian area, I remember all too well how Florio, who was a good Governor has to take all the flack for the mess that Whitman left the state of New Jersey in. He did what he could, but it meant they had to have more taxes just to make ends meet and people saw it as a "democratic" thing instead of a smart thing.References : Was this answer helpful?

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| Apr 6, 2014

A different sort of daoligue on the Delta:a0 Daniel Weintraub covers the Delta Dialogues, the Delta Conservancy's 6 month program to bring warring Delta stakeholders together for a different type of conversation:a0 The talks had no set agenda and no concrete goal other than conversation. That sounds dreadful. But it might actually be why they worked so well. People who have spent their lives in battle with one another came out of the encounter with newfound appreciation for each other’s interests, even liking each other. How Californian! a0 Read more from the Healthy Cal blog here:a0 A new conversation about water

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| Apr 4, 2014

Yes. That was Bush.Funny, how this whole thing EXPLODED in his face two years later, huh? (lol)But hey ! A tax cut for the rich will fix everything, won't it?Yep.Yessirree! Tax cuts are ALWAYS the anewsr with Republicans:Suck money out of the poor and middle-class; give it to the rich then dump the debt burden back on the former and high-five themselves with cheap wine and caviar with the latter.Isn't corporate welfare great? (rolls eyes)References : Was this anewsr helpful?

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| Apr 4, 2014

Maybe you just don't understand the unnlreyidg problem. Yes, homeownership has been up over the last number of years, but that is not due to the fact that people have money, it's due to the fact that mortgages have been so low that it has been easy for people to buy homes putting down almost no money. However nothing like that lasts forever and there is always a piper to pay. The time has come when the bubble, except it seems in NYC, has burst and these over inflated homes with these huge mortgages just aren't worth the money and the mortgage rates aren't what they were. Also, a lot of people were living on huge bonuses that they are no longer receiving, so they are reaching, not poverty, but a state where they can no longer afford to live the lives that they have been living. This is the Republican way, it is now and it has been before, they take money that is not "theirs" and they use it for what they deem is important, this time around it has been the war, and there just isn't any more money for the war, and as they pretty much know they will be out of office, they can't do what they did before, rob the people blind. So, once again, we are in a sticky situation. I don't know where you live, but being in the Metropolitian area, I remember all too well how Florio, who was a good Governor has to take all the flack for the mess that Whitman left the state of New Jersey in. He did what he could, but it meant they had to have more taxes just to make ends meet and people saw it as a "democratic" thing instead of a smart thing.References : Was this answer helpful?

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| Dec 21, 2013

Pbrain, last I knew property tax was the resitnsibplioy of municipalities. The only impact the state can have is to takeover tasks performed by local governments. This, of course would force the state to raise income tax. Thus setting a Democrats raise taxes rant.This shell game has gone on as long as I've been in NJ. Florio tried to clean up Kean's financial mess by raising taxes. Whitman defeated Florio on a platform to lower income taxes. She didn't do so by shrinking government however, resitnsibplioy was shifted to local government thereby raising property tax. But Whitman added her own creative twist. She approved excessive budgets and truncated spending prior to year end. Whitman juggled the books until McGreevy took the reins and the cycle began anew.Corzine is now stuck with an unenviable task. The electorate is screaming for state services without use of the tax option. And in his spare time Corzine should reduce property tax which would require a tax increase. So much for your debate question.Now back to my question for you. .WHY WOULD THE GUY WHO'S AHEAD IN THE POLLS WANT AN EARLY DEBATE?and WHY WOULD THE GUY WHO'S TRAILING WANT TO POSTPONE?

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| Dec 18, 2013

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| Dec 17, 2013

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